My first foray with this producer. PnP with dinner. Explosive burst of ripe pineapple fruit on the palate that is very pleasing and impressive in its depth. Glycerin mouthfeel with only modest level of acidity gives way to a somewhat hollow mid-palate, and clean but uncomplex finish. Modest tropical nose with none of the petrol notes that I enjoy in Riesling.
The wine's simplistic character may be due to the challenges of the 2014 vintage. Alternatively, its shyness could be indicative of youth, or perhaps going into a closed phase.
....great notes in the Mosel Fine Wine Report with Oliver Haag discussing the 2014 vintage:
"....Oliver Haag describes the 2014 autumn as being tough but with a happy end: “I hope not to have to work like mad like we had to do in 2014 or 2013 any time soon! Everything was actually looking fine until the autumn. Bud break was early, always good sign, and the summer was very nice, even if quite wet but not too wet to affect Riesling. The issue was the rain combined with warm temperatures at the beginning of October.
Fortunately, the grapes were already ripe by then and we were able to start with the harvest right away. But we had to push the pedal to the metal to get through it and the 35-man strong harvest team grew to 50 by the end of the harvest, around October 23. The issue was that the selection had to be done in the vineyards. The grapes were splitting open in the buckets and any bad grape would immediately spoil a complete basket! ...."
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